Which to use
“mentionnée” and “mentionnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,812
- “mentionnée” frequency rank
- #20,787
- “mentionnent” frequency rank
- 33599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentionnée | mentionnent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de mentionner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner. |
Where the eye mixes mentionnée and mentionnent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mentionnée runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVV) against mentionnent's 11 (CVCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mentionnée vs mentionnent
A purely visual mix-up. mentionnée (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) and mentionnent (\mɑ̃.sjɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentionnée is recorded at frequency rank #12,812, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. mentionnent is at rank #20,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔn\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 33599, this pair ranks #289,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mentionnée vs mentionnent
Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionnée": é. Private to "mentionnent": -.
"mentionnée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV · "mentionnent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mentionnent ← emntionnent · menitonnent · menntionnent · mentinonent · mentionennt · mentionent · mentionnennt · mentionnentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mentionnée" and "mentionnent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mentionnée" vs "mentionnent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentionnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentionnée" and "mentionnent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentionnent vs mentionnez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #289,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.